The Rose & Thistle hosted a special benefit for Christa on Halloween, featuring live bands: Born Cosmic, Walking Stalking Robots, and Glassbones.We raised over $2,000 thanks to our patrons and servers.If you would still like to donate to Christa's Cause, read on:

"Hi there friends, we have recently gotten the unfortunate news the my bestie Ms.Christa Hickey has been diagnosed with stage 3 we hope, possibly stage 4 hodgkin's lymphoma. At only 25 years old this is clearly the last thing we assumed would happen, but here we are. Christa being the stong, stubborn, wonderful woman she is is planning on kicking cancers ass all over town. That being said, in order to accomplish said ass kicking she will be missing a whole lot of work, and will have an incomprehensible amount of medical bills when this is all over. That would be where you fine folks come in, to all of you that know Christa you know that she would do anything for the people that she cares about and we're hoping that if you care about her you can return the favor, beyond love and support emotionally we could also use your help financially. Even a single dollar will be more than we have now and will be forever appricated, thank you for reading this and keeping her in your thoughts throughout this trying process."